Etosha Pan
The Etosha Pan is a large endorheic salt pan, forming part of the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin in the north of Namibia. It is a vast hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alchemist-hp, FAL.
- Type: Pan
- Description: big endorheic salt lake in Namibia’s north
- Also known as: “Etoscha-Pfanne” and “Etosha pan”
Etosha Pan
- Categories: salt lake, endorheic lake, and landform
- Location: Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Etosha Pan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Etosha Pan” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Etoshapan”
- Azerbaijani: “Etoşa”
- Basque: “Etosha Pan”
- Bulgarian: “Етоша (солончак)”
- Bulgarian: “Етоша”
- Catalan: “Etosha Pan”
- Cebuano: “Etosha Pan”
- Chinese: “埃托沙鹽湖”
- Czech: “pánev Etoša”
- Czech: “Pánev Etoša”
- Czech: “pánev Etosha”
- Esperanto: “Etoŝa salebenaĵo”
- Esperanto: “Etoŝa Salebeno”
- French: “pan d’Etosha”
- French: “Pan d’Etosha”
- Georgian: “ეტოშის მლაშობი”
- German: “Etosha-Pfanne”
- Italian: “Praterie alofile dell’Etosha Pan”
- Japanese: “エトーシャ塩湖”
- Latvian: “Etoša”
- Lithuanian: “Etošos duburys”
- Luxembourgish: “Etosha-Pan”
- Polish: “Etosza”
- Portuguese: “Planície salina de Etoxa”
- Portuguese: “Salar de Etosha”
- Romanian: “Depresiunea Etosha”
- Russian: “Этоша”
- Slovak: “Etošská panva”
- Slovenian: “Etoška kotanja”
- Slovenian: “Ponev Etosha”
- Spanish: “Cuenca de Etosha”
- Tatar: “Этоша тоз күле милли паркы”
- Ukrainian: “Етоша”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Halali Rest Camp and Amilema.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Uitkykplek Etosha.
Namibia: Must-Visit Destinations
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Curious Pans to Discover
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Etosha Pan”. Photo: Alchemist-hp, FAL.